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I
was
recently
talking
to
William
Wada
who
runs
IT
operations
for
Magazine
Luiza,
one
of
the
largest
retailers
in
Brazil.
We
discussed
the
huge,
but
necessary,
challenge
of
setting
up
and
managing
a
sales
commissioning
system
for
each
of
their
600+
locations
in
order
to
keep
sellers
happy
and
reward
profitable
selling
behaviors.
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Darwin
would’ve
loved
Decision
Management
because,
at
its
core,
Decision
Management
is
all
about
the
survival
value
of
adaptation,
or
being
able
to
adjust
fittingly
in
response
to
changes
in
your
environment,
good
and
bad.
It’s
about
giving
business
the
tools
to
better
control
(and
evolve)
its
profit-sustaining
processes
by
making
it
easier
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Budget
crises
are
becoming
a
familiar,
bad
song
--
for
many
governments,
not
just
those
in
the
U.S.
However,
in
the
U.S.
alone,
the
National
Association
of
State
Budget
Officers
estimates
that
states
will
be
facing
$230
billion
in
budget
gaps
by
the
end
of
this
year.
The
size
of
the
deficits
seems
to
be
matched
... [ + Read more ]